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MODELLING·WHITE DWARF 319

Modelling Workshop: Lair of the Spider Queen

July 2006·pp. 70–73

THE SHORT VERSION

Chad Mierzwa builds a fully modelled battlefield around the Spider Queen scenario rather than assembling loose terrain for each game. Polystyrene contours, slate and an embedded tomb create the landscape, with gentle slopes chosen so models remain stable during play. Earth and rock painting, different sources of trees, dried leaves and robust kapok webs unify the board; the guide also shows how cutting and bending the spiders’ legs produces a varied set of threatening poses.

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Tactica: Wood Elves

Mat Ward explains why lightly protected Wood Elves need to exploit their high Fight and Courage rather than exchange casualties in a prolonged contest. Elven cloaks make nearby cover useful against distant threats, while Wood Elf spears permit shielding when survival matters more than striking. Three escalating plans combine those abilities with archery, Captains, Sentinels and mobile heroes to disrupt the opponent before committing fragile warriors.

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TacticsWD 319 · p. 53

Wood Elves: Starting Simple

The straightforward Wood Elf force spends its points on sufficient warriors and several Captains rather than treating every Elf as an expensive specialist. Archers first reduce dangerous enemies such as Trolls and powerful heroes; throwing weapons then punish the approach before spear-supported fighters engage. Repeated Heroic actions provide the control needed to bring those elements together without letting the low-Defence troops become overwhelmed.

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TacticsWD 319 · p. 54

Wood Elves: Piquet Fence

Mirkwood Sentinels use their songs to interrupt the enemy’s formation and control the timing of its arrival. Pulling a model away or delaying part of the advance gives the archers more opportunities to thin the threat and opens a favourable counter-attack for the main body. The plan rewards coordination between the unusual musical abilities and the ordinary warriors rather than asking the elite models to win by themselves.

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